. The Street railway journal . estman, by always recording a fare promptlyupon its collection. It was not an uncommon occurrence fora conductor to be jokingly, and sometimesseriously, charged with knocking a conductor who is similarly chargedis justified in knocking down with hisfistsaay person who so aldres3e3 him, thusquestioning his integrity. There is no occupation upon which aman may enter that tests more thoroughlyhis inherent honesty; for it is simply im-possible for the officers of a company toknow exactly how many passengers rideupon a car and how many fares the con-ductor co
. The Street railway journal . estman, by always recording a fare promptlyupon its collection. It was not an uncommon occurrence fora conductor to be jokingly, and sometimesseriously, charged with knocking a conductor who is similarly chargedis justified in knocking down with hisfistsaay person who so aldres3e3 him, thusquestioning his integrity. There is no occupation upon which aman may enter that tests more thoroughlyhis inherent honesty; for it is simply im-possible for the officers of a company toknow exactly how many passengers rideupon a car and how many fares the con-ductor collects. This could only be knownby the employment of a counter to rideon every half trip that the conductor coursa, this would be , a man who is honest is hone3tall through; a man who is dishonest islikewise dishonest to the core. He maynot steal on some trips; he will steal onothers. He will sooner or later be dis-covered and ultimately discharged; and inso far as his discharge may affect his ob-. THE PKtSCOTT TRUSS OOOR HANGtK. taining otber employment, blast his repu-tation. He will know that he lias broughtit upon himself, and that he alote is toblame. No man is obliged to work for thewages that are paid him. If a man is notsatisfied therewith, it is his duty to hon-orably resign from the employment of thecompany, and to give his position as aconductor to a man who is willing to workfor the wages paid. There havebeen many kinds of alarm reg-isters invented for the checking of the col-lection of fares. They are essentially oftwo different characters, one class beingknown as open the other as principle of one is that the conductorand the public shall know the number offares collected, while the theory of theother is that neither the conductor northe public should know the number of farescollected; but that both shall be kept in ig-norance thereof, so far as the same is dis-closed by the register. Both systems havetheir warm advocates,
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